29 June 2010
Building the Education Revolution (BER) is a key element of the Australian Government’s Nation Building – Economic Stimulus Plan and will provide infrastructure funding so each of Australia’s 9540 schools can meet the needs of 21st century students and teachers.
15 February 2010
The Australian Government has entered into National Partnerships with the states and territories in the key areas of addressing disadvantage, supporting teachers, and improving literacy and numeracy.
1 February 2010
The My School website was launched 28 January 2010 and had over 9 million hits on the first day. This was significantly higher than expected. ACARA has increased the capacity of the site to handle the very high level of interest.
20 October 2009
The Australian Government is committed to an education system that pursues excellence for all Australian schools and where every child receives the highest quality education.
16 October 2009
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, has released the Building the Education Revolution National Coordinator’s Implementation Report, reporting on the progress of the initiatives in its first eight months.
15 September 2009
On 11 September 2009, the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) released the first set of summary results from the 2009 National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN).
11 September 2009
Education Ministers today released the first set of results from the 2009 National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests that were conducted across Australia in May this year.
15 July 2009
National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2009 will be held from 31 August to 6 September 2009 across Australia to promote the importance of literacy and numeracy.
1 June 2009
The Australian Government has released two reports into the prevalence and human dimension of covert bullying in Australian schools.